Do you guys think Marie's story mode ending was happy-ending slop
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Yes.
The happy ending was... very forced and lore unaccurate.
I thought it would have a bittersweet ending that it would have a world without Skullgirls, but with a cost.
Who knows I will add this in the rewritten story mode.
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I don't feel like it was, lol.
Marie falls in every other available Story Mode, so the simple fact that she survives her own is notable, if nothing else.
The other Story Modes present the Skull Heart (and by extension, The Trinity) as this unstoppable, inevitable thing. But Marie's Story Mode explicitly challenges this, which I feel gives this story/timeline narrative value. Sure, this idea didn't need to be presented in Marie's Story Mode per say, but I dare say it was a good fit.
I think a story in which Marie successfully creates a world devoid of Skullgirls would be like, The End of the story of Skullgirls, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the intention here.
The True Story Mode/Timeline is a long-dead horse by this point, but I don't think it was fair to assume that Marie's Story Mode would be the end-all-be-all. Besides, this timeline ends with a bunch of loose ends and looming threats, just like every other timeline.
Yes, the ending was saccharine, but I do not believe the story was bad.
Marie falls in every other available Story Mode, so the simple fact that she survives her own is notable, if nothing else.
The other Story Modes present the Skull Heart (and by extension, The Trinity) as this unstoppable, inevitable thing. But Marie's Story Mode explicitly challenges this, which I feel gives this story/timeline narrative value. Sure, this idea didn't need to be presented in Marie's Story Mode per say, but I dare say it was a good fit.
I think a story in which Marie successfully creates a world devoid of Skullgirls would be like, The End of the story of Skullgirls, which I'm pretty sure wasn't the intention here.
The True Story Mode/Timeline is a long-dead horse by this point, but I don't think it was fair to assume that Marie's Story Mode would be the end-all-be-all. Besides, this timeline ends with a bunch of loose ends and looming threats, just like every other timeline.
Marie isn't sure how long she'll survive
Valentine has sworn death upon Marie
Double has sworn death upon Marie
Parasol has sworn to stand against Marie
The Trinity has sworn death upon Marie
Marie is now caretaker to the dead
Marie believes that she finally got her wish, but their world isn't much better for it
Marie's return to Lab 8 likely won't end well
Peacock still hasn't eaten (a sandwich)
The other Skull Heart fragments (?)
The Chrome Heart (did Brain Drain make this out of the fragments? I'm still not sure)
Where are Filia and Sguigly???
ALSO, if future content was ever seriously considered, providing an ending to the story here might have been a questionable choice?
Valentine has sworn death upon Marie
Double has sworn death upon Marie
Parasol has sworn to stand against Marie
The Trinity has sworn death upon Marie
Marie is now caretaker to the dead
Marie believes that she finally got her wish, but their world isn't much better for it
Marie's return to Lab 8 likely won't end well
Peacock still hasn't eaten (a sandwich)
The other Skull Heart fragments (?)
The Chrome Heart (did Brain Drain make this out of the fragments? I'm still not sure)
Where are Filia and Sguigly???
ALSO, if future content was ever seriously considered, providing an ending to the story here might have been a questionable choice?
Yes, the ending was saccharine, but I do not believe the story was bad.